Knightley Gorse Farmhouse
KNIGHTLEY GORSE FARMHOUSE, GORSE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1243328
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Knightley Gorse Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- KNIGHTLEY GORSE FARMHOUSE, GORSE LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1243328
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Knightley Gorse Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- KNIGHTLEY GORSE FARMHOUSE, GORSE LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- KNIGHTLEY GORSE FARMHOUSE, GORSE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Stafford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Gnosall
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ8140925352
Details
SJ 82 NW
11/10017
GNOSALL
GORSE LANE
Knightley
Knightley Gorse Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Circa C17; remodelled and extended in the C19. Timber-framed, partly rebuilt and
refaced in brick, north front rendered. Plain tile roof with gabled ends. Brick axial stack. PLAN:
3-room-plan; the parlour and kitchen to right and left of a central axial stack with back-to-back
fireplaces and entrance lobby at the front; small unheated room on left [east] end. Late in the C19
a porch was added at the front and a long wing was built at the back. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and
attic. Asymmetrical 2-window north front, windows disposed to the right. C19 casements with
glazing bars, ground floor 3 lights, first floor 2 lights and with small gables above; at centre late C19
gabled timber-framed porch. Long C19 red brick wing at rear incorporates some earlier brickwork.
INTERIOR: Stopped chamfer axial ceiling beams and exposed joists. Partition between left and
centre rooms has exposed headbeam and large studs.
Listing NGR: SJ8140925352
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 446848
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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